Category: Crime

Popular baker, Temple George Dokubo strangled to death

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Celebrated baker, Temple George Dokubo was been found dead in his residence in the Opolo area of Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. He was said to have been strangled to death. According to police, “preliminary investigation reveals that the body of the deceased was discovered by his landlord on 17 April, 2021, at his apartment at Opolo, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. “The scene was visited by police detectives, and the corpse was taken to the Federal Medical Centre Mortuary for autopsy.” In one of the comments Facebook, someone stated that he was a…

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Boko Haram’s informant arrested in Yobe

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Modu Ari, a suspect have been arrested by troops of operation Lafiya Dole for supplying information to Boko Haram. Ari was said to have been spying on the formation of the troops, and this had led to attacks on the military operatives. Mohammed Yerima, army spokesperson, in a statement on Sunday, said investigations were ongoing to unravel more local informants. “Troops of Operation Lafiya Dole have arrested suspected Boko Haram informant whose spying activities and that of his accomplices were responsible for the attacks on troops position by terrorists in…

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NDLEA: Two traffickers excrete 191 pellets of cocaine, heroin at Lagos airport

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Officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), arrested two men, and have excreted a total of 191 pellets of heroin and cocaine while under observation at the airport. One of the suspects was intercepted during the outward screening of passengers on Ethiopian airline to Italy. The operatives referred one Chukwudi Destiny for scanning and the scan result proved positive to drug ingestion. Consequently, he was placed under excretion observation, and in the process, he excreted 92 pellets of heroin with a…

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Woman arrested for allegedly injecting her stepson with poison

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A woman identified as Mrs. Nnenna Egwuagu has been arrested for allegedly murdering her stepson. She was picked up by operatives of the Enugu State Police Command attached to the 9th Mile Police Division. According to the police Command’s spokesperson, Daniel Ndukwe, she said the 29-yr-old suspect, who hails from Umulumgbe in Udi Local Council of the state, “administered a noxious substance to her three year-old stepson, Wisdom Egwuagu, thereby causing his sudden death.” Ndukwe disclosed that Nnenna’s husband and father of the deceased, Justine Egwuagu, reported the incident to…

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Man confesses to strangling creditor over N100,000 loan repayment

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Ifeanyi Ezinwa, a revenue collector in the Umuleri area of Anambra State, has been arrested by police for the murder of his relative, Chukwuebuka Iloegbunam. Ezinwa reportedly strangled 19-year-old Iloegbunam for persistently demanding repayment of N100,000 he borrowed from him. It was learnt that Ezinwa, 29, asked the victim to meet him at a bush path near a secondary school in the town around 8.30pm on the pretence of paying the debt. It was said that Ezinwa hid a knife in a loaf of bread and aimed the weapon upon Iloegbunam’s…

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Nigerians want Communications Minister to resign for alleged links with terror groups

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All is indeed, not rosy for Nigeria’s Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami at the moment, as many people on social media are requesting for his resignation. The hashtag #PantamiResign has been trending online, with almost 20,000 retweets as of the time of filing this report. The tweets are requesting that, Isa Pantami should resign over his alleged link with terrorist groups, Taliban and Al-Qaeda. The Nigerian Twitter community also said the minister cannot be trusted with the data of Nigerians, especially with the ongoing National Identification Number…

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Police in search of woman who dumped newborn baby inside toilet

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Police are on the trail of a yet to be identified woman who dumped a newborn baby boy in an abandoned pit latrine at Bako village, Kwali Area Council, Abuja. A resident of the community said the incident happened around 8:12 pm after a man, identified as Bitrus, who went to defecate near the abandoned toilet discovered the baby. He said the cry of the baby attracted the man who alerted other members of the community. He said the police were called and they rescued the baby. “It was a…

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Pregnant lawyer allegedly beaten to death by husband

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The alleged killing of a lawyer, Adaeze Ikpeama, by her husband, Anthony, has been condemned by the Nigerian Bar Association Women Forum. It was gathered that the six-month pregnant Adaeze was allegedly beaten by her husband at their residence in Lagos on Saturday, which made her unconscious. It was further learnt that Adaeze was rushed to a hospital, where she was placed on oxygen. The deceased’s colleague, Chukwudi Iwuchukwu, who chronicled the incident on his Facebook page, alleged that Anthony went to the hospital to remove the oxygen mask, which…

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C&S prophet arrested for raping 17-year-old lady inside church

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A 50-year-old prophet in charge of the Cherubim and Seraphim Church, Oke-Igbala, Ifo, in Ogun State, identified as Tayo Shobowale, is at present facing interrogation at the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly having unlawful carnal knowledge of a 17-year-old church member. DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the State’s police PRO said the suspect was arrested following a report lodged with the Family Support Unit of the Ota Area Command by the victim. He explained, “The victim reported that sometime in March 2021, the prophet invited her to the church for prayer…

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